Brandywine Parents http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog topics pertaining to the Brandywine Academy of Excellence Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:17:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 A Special Gift http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=906 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=906#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:17:45 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=906 Continue reading →]]> The perfect gift for those that values reading and education.  For $75.00 you can keep the library open in their honor for another day.

For additional information drop by or call 610-682-7115

Library Hours: Monday  – Wednesday 10am – 8pm, Thursday-Friday 12pm-6pm, Saturday 10am – 4pm.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=906 0 Rosey Newest Janitor At Gov. Mifflin? http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=902 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=902#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:26:43 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=902 A little reference to the maid on the Jetsons as Gov. Mifflin contemplates replacing a part-time janitor position with a robot to clean floors.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=902 0 What Was He Thinking? http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=898 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=898#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:06:57 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=898 Continue reading →]]> A third grade charter school teacher was recently fired for assigning questions the parents found somewhat morbid. According to the article the questions came from  a free homeschooling website called “HomeschoolingParadise.com.”

“John’s father gave him 1359 marbles on his birthday. John swallowed 585 marbles and died. 9 of John’s friends came for his funeral the next day. John’s grieving father gave the remaining marbles to John’s friends in equal numbers. How many marbles did each friend get?”

Then the questions got really weird.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=898 0 Library Fund Raiser Saturday Night http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=896 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=896#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:57:16 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=896 Continue reading →]]> What are you doing this Saturday night? You could be tasting wine, sampling delicious appetizers from local restaurants, winning fun door prizes, enjoying the music of pianist Steve Schwoyer AND supporting the library! Buy your tickets today for our award winning “Wine and Chocolate Event” , 6pm Saturday night. Tickets are available at the library $20 per person – 21 and older.  Library is  open 12-5 Thursday and Friday, 10am-4pm Saturday

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=896 0 Free Range Children http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=893 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=893#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:47:31 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=893 Has parents over protecting their children gone too far? When Ordinary Parenting Practices Can Land You in Court is a look at what normal practices in the past can now land a parent in court.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=893 0 Department of Home-Lunch Security http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=890 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=890#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:15:56 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=890

The criminal home-made lunch was confiscated and destroyed by officials, and the preschooler was given a federally-approved lunch, for which her mother has been sent a bill.

The crime of No Vegetable. Kid didn’t eat the state approved veggie either.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=890 0 Easy Way To Improve State Math Scores http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=887 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=887#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:11:54 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=887 Continue reading →]]> Just move the capital from Harrisburg to Erie.  Moynihan’s Law states that math scores are  inversely proportional to the distance of a state capital from the Canadian border.

A negative 0.522 — which may be the strongest correlation known to education, and which means that the further a capital is from the border, the lower its test score. By contrast, the correlation between expenditures and math tests is a paltry 0.203.

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=887 0 You can lead a horse to low fat milk http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=882 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=882#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:36:54 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=882 but they are going to want a twinkie

Los Angeles students Roundly Reject Healthier School Lunch Menu

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=882 0 Knowledge Eclipse http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=878 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=878#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:32:41 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=878 Continue reading →]]> If a teacher had a mean streak they should assign a report for tomorrow. Wikipedia has gone dark for 24 hours in protest of the attempt to damage the free and open Internet.

you should go up to a 20-something and tell them things like “the fern is the world’s most popular carnivorous plant” and “Henry VIII invented the internal combustion engine, but kept it secret to protect the environment” and they will have no choice but to believe you as they will have no idea how to use, never mind find, a “reference book.”  – When Wikipedia Goes Dark

]]> http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=878 0 Newt On Child Labor http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=873 http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=873#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:25:32 +0000 admin http://blog.brandywineparents.com/blog/?p=873 Interesting smack down of Juan Williams in the 15,001 Republican debate last night in SC.

You can once again talk about the pros and cons among yourselves.

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